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Gottlieb will step down after two years at the helm of the US Food and Drug Administration to spend more time with his family.

Demonstrations took place in the country’s capital on Tuesday following what many researchers see as a threat to academic freedom.

Information made public by US Senator Chuck Grassley reveals that a handful of allegations have recently been referred to federal investigators.

From canceled conferences to delayed publications, fallout of the shutdown spread beyond US borders, prompting concerns about long-term damage to international collaboration.

As the second full week of lapsed funding comes to a close, some 800,000 federal employees are stuck at home, including some biologists.

The ongoing stalemate over the federal budget has forced one-quarter of the US government to begin a second week of closure.

The midterm elections flip several House seats in favor of Democratic candidates with STEM backgrounds.

Nearly three dozen Nobel laureates and Fields Medal winners sign a letter to the UK Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission.

After a surge of political enthusiasm among the scientific community since 2016, only a small fraction of candidates with science and engineering backgrounds made it through primary elections this year.  

In local races across the country, researchers are running on platforms of bringing more evidence-based decision-making into state governments.

We’ve compiled a list of political hopefuls on the ballots in state and federal races in November.

As Britain’s departure date from the European Union approaches, drugmakers are preparing for potential changes to regulatory procedures and border controls.

Opponents of the proposal call the changes a “wildlife extinction package.”

Science journalists are essential to advancing the quality of the research enterprise.

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The number of cases in Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest outbreak of the virus has now surpassed 100.  

Appointed by Ronald Reagan, Heckler led the agency from 1983 to 1985, and helped promote research into AIDS.

The nomination of Kelvin Droegemeier has been met positively by members of the scientific community.

The embattled Environmental Protection Agency Administrator resigns amid persistent questions about his ethics and use of taxpayer dollars.